Harold Larwood
Cricketer (1904-1995) · Australia · On the map · Athletes · Died at 90
Harold Larwood was a cricketer for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team between 1924 and 1938.
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Wally Hammond Teammate at England cricket team, 1927-1933
Douglas Jardine Teammate at England cricket team, 1928-1933
Herbert Sutcliffe Teammate at England cricket team, 1926-1933- Claude Ashton Teammate at England cricket team, 1926-1933
Frank Woolley Teammate at England cricket team, 1926-1933
George Macaulay Teammate at England cricket team, 1926-1933
Maurice Tate Teammate at England cricket team, 1926-1933
Percy Chapman Teammate at England cricket team, 1926-1931
Bill Voce Teammate at Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, 1927-1938
Bob Wyatt Teammate at England cricket team, 1927-1933
Maurice Leyland Teammate at England cricket team, 1928-1933
Patsy Hendren Teammate at England cricket team, 1926-1933
Percy Holmes Teammate at England cricket team, 1926-1932
George Geary Teammate at England cricket team, 1926-1933- Fred Barratt Teammate at Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, 1924-1931
George Duckworth Teammate at England cricket team, 1926-1933- Walter Keeton Teammate at Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, 1926-1938
Les Ames Teammate at England cricket team, 1929-1933
Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji Teammate at England cricket team, 1929-1931- Nigel Haig Teammate at England cricket team, 1926-1930
Stan Nichols Teammate at England cricket team, 1930-1933
Ian Peebles Teammate at England cricket team, 1927-1931
Tich Freeman Teammate at England cricket team, 1926-1929
Ewart Astill Teammate at England cricket team, 1927-1930
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Trent Bridge cricket ground (2007 photograph). The main pavilion appears much as it did in Larwood's day.
Larwood with wife Lois and daughter June
Chapman (centre) leads the England team on to the field during the Brisbane Test.
Larwood in Australia in February 1929
SS Orontes, the ship that took Jardine's party to Australia in 1932, and on which Larwood emigrated to Australia in 1950
Bert Oldfield and Harold Larwood in Australia, 14 January 1954
Holy Trinity Church, Kingsford, where Larwood's ashes were interredAwards
About this person
A right-arm fast bowler who combined extreme speeds with great accuracy, he was considered by many players and commentators to be the finest and the fastest fast bowler of his generation and one of the fastest bowlers of all time. He was the main exponent of the bowling style known as "bodyline", the use of which during the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) tour of Australia in 1932-33 caused a furore that brought about a premature and acrimonious end to his international career.
